India, Feb. 8 -- Brad Arnold, lead singer of the Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, died on Saturday after battling Stage 4 kidney cancer. He was 47.

The band announced his death in a statement, saying Arnold passed away peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by family and loved ones.

Formed in Mississippi in 1995, 3 Doors Down rose to prominence with the release of their breakout single "Kryptonite," which earned a Grammy nomination in 2000. Arnold wrote the song while still in high school, a fact often cited as emblematic of the band's unlikely rise to mainstream success.

Over the course of their career, 3 Doors Down released six studio albums, with their most recent, Us And The Night, arriving in 2016.

Their catalog included cha...